Repeated Start-Up tone and Gray Screen

So my 15" MacBook Pro froze, and I shut it down, and when I restarted it, it only had the gray screen, and the start-up chime was playing repeatedly. I'm not very technologically savvy, and I'm kind of freaking out. I got this computer in August of 2009, and it uses whatever OS came standard then. Can anyone help?

Ceileen...
Might be a good time to run the Apple Hardware Test just to rule out any hardware isues.
If that doesn't reveal any problems, try here > Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup < for 10.4 / 10.5 / 10.6
And if the startup chime sounds more like beeps it could be the RAM (memory) read here > Power On Self-Test Beep Definition - Part 2
and it uses whatever OS came standard then.
It really helps to tell us which Mac OS X you have installed. Sometimes the support links we provide are OS X specific. Help that applies to Snow Leopard may not apply to Lion...
If you aren't sure, click your Apple menu icon then from the drop down menu click About This Mac.
You'll see the version there.

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Start up tone and orange home screen

hello does any one know how turn off the start up tone on the n70 and the orange home screen plese

03-Jan-2006
02:34 PM
choukyla wrote:
Guys
I know that if you press the menu button long enough. It gives you two icon. Contacts and Telephone, then using the select button, select the Telephone. !
unfortunately this loophole has been closed by orange on the n70.
for the general discussion on the orange Homescreen, check out the link below
orange homescreen threadMessage Edited by rich_enduro on 03-Jan-2006
06:05 PM
Nexu 5

Not booting: 3 tones and white screen

I have had my 2 gig dual core MB with 2 gig RAM for about 6 days. Very nice. It had a couple of kernel panics and then started to get a nasty problem. When I reboot I get the usual startup chime, 3 loud `beeps' and a white screen. The sleep light also flashes. It then sits on the white screen. A couple of times I got it past this by letting it sit for awhile and it rebooted normally. Its at the mac shop now.
Is this likely to just be bad ram ? They tried reseating at the shop but no joy. I guess I was suprised that if the ram was bad it didn't manifest immediately -- or can it go bad with the heat of using the machine ?
Thanks - Michael
(PS -- I haven't dropped it!)

Looks like this is the answer --
"Some RAM may appear to pass the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) but still cannot be used by the operating system. In this case, the computer will display a gray screen, sound three tones and blink the power LED on the front of the computer three times, pause, and repeat the blinking until the computer is turned off."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303083
cetainly those are my symptoms.
Michael

Power Mac G5 (OS X 10.4 I believe) won't start-up, goes to gray screen with ? in a folder.... ideas??

I moved a bunch of music from my external hard drive to my Mac's hard drive, I practically filled up the hard drive on the Mac. Then my Firefox crashed so I shut the computer down. When I try to restart It stops at a gray screen with a folder in the middle. The folder alternates between having a "?" in it and the "Finder" picture.
I read this link http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1440 but it doesn't help. I can't select a drive or anything because I'm just stuck at this gray screen. Is there a way to boot this up in "safe mode" or something so I can do something to it? I am worried that some of the music I moved from my external hard drive had a virus or something and it killed my computer.
I got this Mac 2nd hand so I don't have a manual or any startup disks or anything..... What do I do????

Yikes, no startup Disc!
You don't want to have less the 10-20 GBG free space on your boot drive, OSX will be slow and/or start trashing files/data due to corruption.
Reboot, Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when complete.
If that doesn't work...
Tough without the Tiger Disk problems, but try fsck...
To use fsck, you must run it from the command line. Unlike using your mouse to open an application to do something, you'll need to type a text command at the prompt (#) to tell fsck what to do. The Terminal application (/Applications/Utilities) and single-user mode are two examples of command-line interfaces in which you can type such commands. To use fsck:
1. Start up your computer in single-user mode to reach the command line. Hold CMD+s keys down at bootup.
Note: If necessary, perform a forced restart as described in the Emergency Troubleshooting Handbook that came with your computer. On desktop computers, you can do this by pressing the reset/interrupt button (if there is one) or holding down the power button for several seconds. On portable computers, simultaneously press the Command-Control-power keys. If your portable computer doesn't restart with this method, you may need to reset the Power Manager.
2. At the command-line prompt, type /sbin/fsck -fy
(SPACE between fsck AND -fy important)
3. Press Return. fsck will go through five "phases" and then return information about your disk's use and fragmentation. Once it finishes, it'll display this message if no issue is found:
The volume (name_of_volume) appears to be OK
If fsck found issues and has altered, repaired, or fixed anything, it will display this message:
***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
Important: If this message appears, repeat the fsck command you typed in step 2 until fsck tells you that your volume appears to be OK (first-pass repairs may uncover additional issues, so this is a normal thing to do).
4. When fsck reports that your volume is OK, type reboot at the prompt and then press Return.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

HELP NEEDED! Blue Screen of Death and Gray Screen

I really need a help from a OS X Mountain Lion. I have been trying to fix my Macbook Pro 15' early 2011 for about a week without succeed.
PROBLEM:
My MBP isn't sarting up. Everything looks normal the chime, Apple logo, the wheel and after those things it get stucked on a gray screen.
The computer doesn't boot from USB, DVD and the cm-R restoration isn't working.
THINGS I'VE DONE:
1. I took to an Apple authorized service in Curitiba, Brazil. They reinstalled Mountain Lion (R$90,00 or about U$45,00). After couple hours of usage. Same problem started to occur again. I call them again saying that the same problem persist and they said for reinstallation, there isn't a warranty. I have to pay again for the service.
2. Reinstall OS X. I made a partion a thumb drive and reinstalled everything. After few hours same problem again. The system wasn't starting.
3. I bought a new HD. I replaced the original HDD for a SSD OCZ Vertex 3. I installed the OSX in this brand new SSD. The computer worked for 1 hour and boom, same problem of booting and starting.
4. I have tried NVRAM and PRAM (cmd+option+P+R), nothing happened. Gray screen after the Apple logo.
5. Verbose-mode (cmd+V).
6. Single-user Mode (cmd+S).
7. Start in Safe Mode. (Shift). The bar doesn't load until the end and I get a gray screen.
8. Restoring from internet. (cmd+R). Sometimes, I get the Blue Screen or the screen turn black, but I can still hear the fan spinning.
SOME PHOTOS OF THE PROCESSES:
SOLUTION, PLEASE?
I appreciate any helpful comment. Thanks.
-- Eduardo

Download at www.memtestosx.org
Power on your MBP while holding down the Command and S keys to force Mac OS X to boot into Single User Mode. Once you see a black screen with white text, you can release the key combination. After all the system logging is done scrolling past, type 'memtest all 2' (without the quotes) to test all memory two times. Two passes should be enough to detect any blatant problems, but I wouldn’t hesitate to let it run for hours on end if I suspected an intermittent memory problem (memtest all). When complete, you should be greeted with “All tests passed” if your RAM is in good condition. If your system locks up or freezes indefinitely during the test, you may have a bad memory module on your hands.
(above taken from www.command-tab.com)

HT1492 The update-process of Xcode jan. 2013 ver. did stop whilst installing the iMac did reset and a gray screen appears with the message: Diskdrive 0 space available - then reset and gray screen again. How can I delete the update?

After allowing my iMac updating about 80 apps, the process did stop whilst installing new ver. Xcode jan. 2013 - the iMac did reset and a gray screen appears, with white letters: 0 space on Harddrive! It wasn't any sign the harddisk had not space enough, to complete the update - until the reset occours. For us and our little company a catastrophic event.
After inserting the original Snow Lepard Install Disk, the Diskmanager shows no error. No test shows any sign of error in Software. Freeing some of the empty space shows 12,5 Gb.
Perhaps this is a new kind of error happen with this combinations of the new versions of Apps and Xcode...?
Perhaps it's a know problem. I will be truely happy when finding a solution in this community.
Kindest Regards from Scandinavia

If it's slow on startup it would be extensions loading or LaunchDaemons starting up.
You should have a look in:
/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/Extensions
You can count out anything in your home folder and it shouldn't put anything in /System as that's reserved for Apple.

Help: Macbook freezes after sleep and gray screen freeze on startup

I've got a new MacBook (45 days old, minimal usage) and I'm starting to have some problems.
When my computer goes to sleep after inactivity I have a hard time waking it. The screen turns on right away but the mouse/cursor remains frozen. The computer does not respond to any keyboard commands. I usually have to reboot the machine when this happens. I noticed this problem a few weeks ago and it has since become more and more frequent.
I've also noticed that with some regularity my computer freezes on the gray screen during start up and never reaches the mac icon. This has become more and more frequent since I first noticed the initial problem and happens one in every 3 or 4 startups.
I haven't installed any new software except for the regular software upgrades. Nothing extraordinary.
Is it possible that these problems are related? Am I doing something wrong?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The grey screen on startup may be the known issue, especially if you start to get vertical lines on the screen. If you can reboot using PRAM reset, go to the displays control panel, set the resolution to something besides your current resolution, then revert to your original setting. That should fix that part.
As far as the freezing after sleep goes, I had a similar issue where the macbook would not actually go to sleep (white light stayed solid), and opening the lid would result in a dimmed screen that I had to force-shut down the computer to get out of. After sending it in for RSD, this seems to have been resolved.

Turned phone off and now its black and gray screen

I turned my phone off and now the screen is black and gray and wont do anything. I just had a screen replacement done on my phone. I need my phone to work. HELP!

Hold the home button and the on/off switch simultaneously for at least 30 seconds or until you see the apple logo, indicating your phone's being rebooted.

Itunes 9.2 serious bug Video purchases authorization loop and gray screen

I just downloaded 9.2 and now all my seasons pass videos that are being downloaded after the download keep asking for authorization even though the computer is authorized and the message even says your computer is already authorized and then gives me a gray screen I can play these videos on my iphone but no longer on itunes, this is absurd I've alredy called iunes support about this and have not given me any useufl solutions does anyone else have this problem, how can I fix it or did I just lose $100+ of videos for good, I am royally ******.

I lost sleep last night and I am still obsessed with the fact that I downloaded Dexter after a prompt asked me if I wanted the latest I tunes update, 9.2. Beginning of nightmare...Nothing I have done or attempt to do allows me to view my purchase that I Tunes and Apple seems to have no problem authorizing purchase. I have called Apple care with a gent hanging up on me due to me being somewhat flabber-ghasted that no knew about this and after I have dumped the SC in the garbage, changed my password, checked standard box, tried Quick Time and updating that, going in to my original screen name, checking my purchase to make sure purchase name and authorization name match, yada yada yada, this dude was having me re-boot my system, logging out and re-booting, really, no seriously?? That is what I paid $300 for, you gotta be kidding me. He went on to tell me that I would now have to send an email, only way to get in touch with I tunes, no peeps. And they will get back to me in 48 hours. The weekend is gone, gotta go back to work and this is bull that this update has not been cleared of gliches and now my system seems to be corrupted with this update that btw I cannot uninstall, it is a modification, not an installation.
My guess is that this has something to do with Mac Book, Mac OSX 10.5.8 model. Notice that is in common and also has to do with the HD versus Standard purchasing. Notice this wasn't happening before this distinction and price differences. It is so new that when I spoke to a supervisor to get the dude in trouble for hanging up on me, he said it is brand spanking new and he hadn't heard anything yet. I said get ready cuz they are a coming.
I give up, not really, another night of trouble shooting, I hate to give up. But I need my beauty rest. I want my money back and guess next step is the One on one. Back to the store.

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